BOULDER, COLO. — NavPoint Real Estate Group has arranged the sale of a multi-tenant retail/medical office property located at 3280-3300 28th St. in Boulder. REM Investment sold the property to Peterman Properties for $6.5 million. The property features 39,368 square feet of retail and medical office space. John Witt and Matt Call of NavPoint Real Estate Group represented the seller in the deal.
CLEVELAND — KRA Management has acquired the Galleria and Tower at Erieview in downtown Cleveland. The purchase price was not disclosed, but local media report the sales price was approximately $17 million. The property includes a 760,339-square-foot office tower and a 93,663-square-foot retail center. The 40-story property is the fourth-tallest building in Cleveland and features amenities such as a 40,000-square-foot YMCA fitness facility. The retail portion of the property includes a two-story retail center and a food hall. Bryan Rosenberg, Patrick Shields, Jaime Fink, Jeffrey Bramson, John Merrill and Doug Rodio of HFF represented the seller, RAIT Financial Trust of Philadelphia, and procured the buyer. Last summer, the Tower was 45 percent leased while the Galleria was 60 percent leased, according to the Plain Dealer. KRA Management is a family-owned and operated real estate development and property management business that was founded by James Kassouf.
CHICAGO — Aries Conlon Capital has rebranded to Mag Mile Capital and is relocating its Chicago headquarter offices from River North to the 84th floor of Willis Tower. Rushi Shah will continue to serve as principal and CEO and retain the same sales team, pipeline and national commercial mortgage and investment banking platform. Shah bought out his partners’ interest in the company to become majority owner. Previous partners include Neil Freeman and Sean Conlon of Aries Capital LLC and Conlon and Co., respectively. The name change is a nod to Chicago’s Magnificent Mile on North Michigan Avenue.
PITTSBURGH — Maverick Commercial Mortgage has secured $47 million in refinancing for a six-building office portfolio in Pittsburgh. Located within the Parkway West Corridor submarket, the property features 585,000 rentable square feet. Maverick Commercial secured a 10-year, fixed-rate loan with a 30-year amortization schedule through a national lender for the borrower, a joint venture between JDI Realty and Market Street Real Estate Partners. The borrowers acquired the property in 2014. Since acquisition the borrowers have added a new food hall and tenant fitness center, and have performed extensive renovations to corridors, bathrooms and building lobbies. The property is currently 87 percent occupied.
FLEMINGTON, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of 31 North Office Center, a 33,000-square-foot medical office property in Flemington for $3.2 million. Ben Sgambati, Alan Cafiero, Anthony Asencio and Victor W. Nolletti of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a bank/financial institution. Anthony Asencio of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a limited liability company. The class B building is located at 121 State Route 31.
SEATTLE — Lincoln Property Co. has purchased 501 Eastlake, an office property located in Seattle’s South Lake Union submarket. LBA Realty sold the five-story property for $58.7 million, or $568 per square foot. Built in 2002, the 103,494-square-foot property features an on-site athletic facility and walkable amenities. At the time of sale, the building was 79 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including the regional headquarters of Capital One. Kevin Shannon, Nick Kucha, Michael Moll, Tim O’Keefe and James Childress of NKF Capital Markets represented the seller in the transaction.
LAS VEGAS — Sun Commercial Real Estate has arranged the sale-leaseback of Windmill Place, an office property located at 370 E. Windmill Lane in Las Vegas. MSA Engineering Consultants sold the property to an East Coast-based buyer for $6.5 million, or $299 per square foot. The seller signed a new 10-year lease at closing for the 21,638-square-foot building. In operation since 1978, MSA Engineering is licensed in 40 states. Cathy Jones, Jessica Cegavske, Roy Fritz, Paul Miachika and Taylor Vasquez of Sun Commercial’s Investment Service Group brokered the transaction.
SAN FRANCISCO AND SPOKANE, WASH. — iBorrow, a private direct lender for commercial real estate, has provided two loans totaling $11.7 million for properties in San Francisco and Spokane. The lender funded a $5.6 million loan to refinance a four-story, 9,580-square-foot building, located at 131 Franklin St. in San Francisco. The asset is situated on a 2,395-square-foot lot in the Hayes Valley neighborhood. The name of the borrower was not disclosed. Additionally, iBorrow provided a $6.1 million to an undisclosed borrower for an office building located at 901 N. Monroe St. in Spokane. The three-story property features 76,814 square feet of office space. Brian Good, CEO of iBorrow, handled both transactions.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Recovery of the national office sector has failed to gain traction as completions outpaced net absorption for the fifth consecutive quarter, according to the latest U.S. Office Market Outlook report by Ten-X Commercial. “While the national market shows an office segment that is struggling, a closer look at various local markets shows several different reasons underlying this general malaise,” says Peter Muoio, chief economist for Irvine, Calif.-based Ten-X. “Strong markets with fast-growing economies saw significant development and are now grappling with increased supply, while weak markets continue to languish due to their struggling local economies.” Shrinking office space requirements for employees is at the core of market pricing softness, according to Ten-X. Employers are fitting more workers into open floor plans, enabling more employees to work remotely. Cloud computing reduces the need to spend physical space on filing cabinets and servers. These trends have caused the strong correlation between rising employment figures and the strength of the office market to weaken. “In most markets, technological innovation is an additional factor that acts as a headwind for the office sector,” adds Muoio. Top buy/sell markets Naturally, some markets are more promising than others. The top five markets in …
HOUSTON — Canadian investment firm Nicola Crosby Real Estate has acquired Westgate I, a 248,707-square-foot office building in west Houston. The Class A property was completed in 2014 and was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Subsea 7 and Atkins PLC, both of which are engineering firms. Westgate I includes a café, fitness center and a five-story parking garage. Cortney Cole of HFF arranged a seven-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan through Principal Real Estate Investors for the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
